Hold public hearing on potential city council voting districts
In Plain English
The California Voting Rights Act requires cities to consider switching from at-large elections to district-based voting if it would improve representation for minority communities. Richmond currently elects all council members citywide. The city must hold public hearings to gather input before deciding whether to create geographic districts where residents vote only for candidates in their neighborhood.
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Votes
Schedule two community workshops before January 20, 2019, with monolingual translators, using December 3 and 17, 2019 City Council meetings as community workshops
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